"Jeff Wisnia" wrote in message
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(Fossilized) WHOOLY MAMMOTH;



common name for several extinct species of the elephant family ::

Fossilized Whooly Mammoth had long, curved tusks that reached a length
of about 3 m (about 10.5 ft), and a prominent hump on the back.

Those that lived in cold climates had a shaggy covering of long, thick
hair.

These animals moved northward as the glaciers of the Ice Age receded.

The first Fossilized Whooly Mammoths appeared in Africa during the
early Pliocene Epoch, about 5 million years ago.

The first North American Fossilized Whooly Mammoths migrated across the
Bering Strait from Asia into Alaska during a period of low sea level
about 2 million years ago. By the Beginning of the Pleistocene Epoch,
about 1.6 million years ago, mammoths inhabited North America, Europe,
and Asia.

Scientists believe that most Fossilized Whooly Mammoths had died out
toward the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, about 11,000 years ago,
although scientists have found the remains of dwarf Fossilized Whooly
Mammoths that survived until around 3,700 years ago on Wrangel Island
in the Arctic Ocean.

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I don't know what prompted that post that to this group. But it seems
everything has a way of connecting to everything else...

I've used my lathe, drillpress and Dremel several times in the last year
when restoring carved ivory "tchatckes" which need a busted off bit of
ivory replaced to make them whole again. Everybody should have at least
one collecting hobby; Mine is carved ivory stuff.



I use mammoth ivory nowadays as it's more PC to do so, and also because
"legal" old raw elephant ivory is damned expensive when it does become
available. Seems like there's a constant supply of dead mammoth's tusks
being dug up in the northern regions, and for some reason the stuff
doesn't get fossilized, but remains carvable ivory.

Jeff

Jeff, where do you get your carvable Mammouth ivory?
what is the color like?
is it similar to Elephant ivory?

thanks
Qnc

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Jeffry Wisnia

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